When news broke Wednesday afternoon of a last-minute push to pass new, stricter regulations for consumable hemp products, the employees at Austin Vape & Smoke sprung into action.
The second special session of the Texas Legislature ended last Thursday with a new congressional map, flood relief and safety measures.
Nearly seven weeks ago on July 4, the Guadalupe River raged out of its banks and killed more than 130 people, including two teenage counselors and 25 young girls at Camp Mystic who had been asleep in their cabins before waking up to disaster.
Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation redrawing Texas’ congressional map on Friday. A lawsuit challenging the redrawn districts as being racially discriminatory was filed even before the bill became law.
The Texas House on Tuesday advanced a proposal to scrap STAAR, the end-of-the-year state standardized test, but not without Democrats lamenting the changes the lower chamber made to reach an agreement with the Senate.
217 W. Park Avenue
Pharr, TX 78577